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Specialists with a track record of tackling failures in mathematics, English and science were taken off the job, according to the Bermuda Union of Teachers.
Secretary General Mike Charles said teachers were “flabbergasted” that the education ministry...
DATE: Mar 20, 2018
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Education
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A grant paid to two healthcare clinics in the wake of cuts in fees for MRI and CT medical scans was funded through a vacant post, the Senate heard yesterday.
Progressive Labour Party senator Crystal Caesar said no extra money was paid to the health ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Kim Smith has taken over as executive director at the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce.
Alma Dismont and Lynne Matcham have also joined the board at BEST, whose long-serving chief advocacy officer Stuart Hayward retired at the beginning...
DATE: Mar 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A police officer today injured his leg in a crash while taking part in the motorcycle training course.
The incident involved one vehicle and happened on South Road, Paget, at about 10.30am.
The officer suffered a minor injury and was treated at the s...
DATE: Mar 20, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A float-building workshop for the Bermuda Day parade is to be held this weekend.
Christopher Naylor, a float expert from Sandys Middle School, will demonstrate how to build and decorate a traditional float.
Members of the public are also invited to r...
DATE: Mar 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
JayLynn Hines is the winner of this year’s Quest for the Best soca song competition.
The singer/songwriter, also known as Jay III, claimed success with her song Feeling For Ya.
The contest, produced by Intense Mas and sponsored by the Department of C...
DATE: Mar 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The fiftieth anniversary of the Bermuda Turtle Project is to be celebrated by the Bermuda Post Office with a commemorative stamp issue on Thursday.
Four marine turtle stamps will be issued, featuring green turtles, as well as the hawksbill, loggerhea...
DATE: Mar 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Boat tour operators are being urged to consider spectator packages for the Bacardi Moth World Championship.
The event, the largest sailing race in the Great Sound since the 35th America’s Cup, will feature more than 50 competitors competing on single...
DATE: Mar 20, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Cheyra Bell was as “happy as a kid on Christmas Day” after she shaved off her dreadlocks in aid of the St Baldrick’s Foundation.
The charity is a not-for-profit organisation that raises funds to help find cures for children with cancer.
Ms Bell, who...
DATE: Mar 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A 30-year-old man is in the Intensive Care Unit after a fight on Front Street outside the Cosmopolitan nightclub, which was broken up by police at about 3.15am yesterday.
Officers discovered a group surrounding two men fighting. It appears that the v...
DATE: Mar 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell